cone10
cone10 t1_j2814yf wrote
Reply to "The Rev. Joe Carter, expecting a visit from the Ku Klux Klan after he dared to register to vote, stood guard on his front porch. West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. 1964." by sinner00515
I have never understood this bit of americana. How is standing on the front porch in the dark, being a well-lit target, with a gun that can fire a single round, be a sound policy? What prevents him from getting shot from someone who's beyond the light's glare?
It isn't as if the KKK had an honor code where they would do their thing in full view.
cone10 t1_izo8ckc wrote
Ah, just when the photographer happened to be around?
Sorry, I am not feeling it.
cone10 t1_iucj8lc wrote
Reply to comment by Xaero_Hour in NYT columnist thanks Ye for raising awareness on antisemitism by boogerfact
Maybe he was already terribly anti-semitic earlier, but couldn't say it out because of the consequences. Maybe now that the political climate supports saying horrible things out loud, he is in his element. Perhaps being bipolar helps remove some filters.
cone10 t1_j5pgh0j wrote
Reply to Indian university warns students not to screen BBC documentary on Modi by MyVideoConverter
The only university left in India -- Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) -- where the students have any fighting spirit. Kudos to them. Also a sign of how effectively dissent has been crushed everywhere else.